Date.............................. Name, Surname........................................Group...................

Q1. If in a report we read that the average mark per group is 8.9, in this case the statistical unit was: a. the mark;
b. the group; c. the student; d. the discipline; e. the average mark
ees

Q2. In a statistical research, data summarizing activity is organized, compared to data collection: a. previously; b. after; c.
in the same time; d. the order is not important as long as both activities are organized; e. never

Q3. If the mean of the variances within the group is larger by 20% than the previous level of the variance between groups
and this one is representing currently 80% out of its old level, the influence of the classification factor over the dependent
variable will: a. increase; b. decrease; c. becoming equal to 40%; d. remain the same; e. cannot say due to the lack of
information

Q4. For a period of 14 months marked as ti = 1, 14 the average absolute change from a month to another is:

a. b. c. d. e.

Q5. For the following data:

Population (thou pers.) 100 130 400 410 450 600
Nb. of cities 14 20 35 40 42 50
Nb. of regions (%) 10 25 55 80 95 100
Surface (km2) < 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 60 - 70 over 70

a. Display the distribution of the statistical population according to all variables and its structure
b. Compute and interpret the central tendency measure characterising the statistical population: mean, median and modal
values
c. Analyse the degree of arithmetic mean representativity according to all variables
d. interpret the skewness of the distribution according to all variables
e. estimate the percentage of regions with the population larger than the average level.
f. supposing the data are representing the results of a survey on a sample of 20% out of the overall European regions,
construct a 95 % confidence class for the average population with Laplace function argument 1.96

Q6. For a company we know the information regarding the turnover and the profit evolution:
Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Turnover mobile relative change (%) +3% +4% +2% +4% -2% +8%
Profit chain base absolute change (mill. m.u.) 6 4 -1 9 2 9
The turnover in 1990 was 80 m.u. and the average rate of profit epr year was + 6.4 %.
Considering the profit evolution is influenced by the turnover evolution you are asked to:
a. reconstruct and graph the historical evolutions
b. forecast the turnover evolution for the next year, choosing the most appropriate method between the simple and the
analytic methods
c. forecast the profit in 1997 taking into account its dependency upon the turnover (according to the regression line).
d. Measure the intensity of the relation using parametrical and nonparametric measures
e. Test the existence of the relation using the Student test (t table = 4.303)

Q7. For a company selling 3 products we know the data

Product Total cost in November Quantity indexes Average cost % of change as per November
A 4900 0.80 270
B 1930 0.90 120
C 2200 0.85 70
a. Compute and interpret the individual and aggregate indexes of the total cost, average cost and quantities manufactured.
b. Compute and interpret the absolute change of the total cost due to the average cost change
c. Graph the structure of the cost for this company.